"I am not one who was born in the custody of wisdom. I am one who is fond of olden times and intense in quest of the sacred knowing of the ancients." Gustave Courbet

22 January 2016

Cross.


The American road trip seems so iconic that it's surprising to think it once needed to be invented. American explorers have always been eager to cross the country: Lewis and Clark made the journey, pioneers and Gold Rush dreamers slowly reached the West. By the end of the 19th century, a train could cross the country in just three and a half days. But the idea of crossing the country in a car, on the open (if unpaved) road? That was new.

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